Characterization of the active site and coenzyme binding pocket of the monomeric UDP- galactose 4'- epimerase of Aeromonas hydrophila

BMB Reports

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 419-426

  Agarwal, Shivani ^a   Mishra, Neeraj ^a,b   Agarwal, Shivangi ^a   Dixit, Aparna ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Coenzyme fluorescence; Cosolvent; Site directed mutagenesis; UDP galactose 4' epimerase

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BIOCATALYSIS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GLYCEROL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

EID: 77955803592     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2010.43.6.419     Document Type: Article

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